Chapter 240

Cangli City, Lin Family.

The towering mahogany door was covered with a layer of dust. There were also a lot of things piled up in front of the door. A gust of wind blew the dust into the air.

This was originally the Lin Clan, a medium-sized clan in Cangli City. However, at this moment, it looked as if it had been abandoned for a long time. Dust was flying everywhere, as if it had not been cleaned for a long time.

A young man had been standing in front of the door for a long time.

"Young man, are you looking for someone?" A peddler passed by and asked when he saw the young man in a daze.

"Oh, uncle, this is the Lin Family, right?" The young man smiled and asked kindly.

"It is the Lin Family." The young man's smile was very gentle. The peddler also smiled.

"Uncle, where are the people of the Lin Family?" The young man asked doubtfully.

The peddler shook his head and said, "I don't know. They should have all moved away. A year ago, the head of the Lin family dismissed all the servants for some unknown reason. Then, overnight, there was not a single person left in the family."

"It caused quite a stir at that time."

"Quite a stir?" The young man did not understand.

"That's right. The Lin Family had a few businesses in the city that were very profitable. However, everyone from the Lin Family disappeared overnight. There was no one to take care of these businesses. Many people benefited from it. At that time, it was very chaotic." The merchant laughed.

"Oh, thank you uncle. Uncle, do you know where they moved to?"

"I don't know. No one knows. At that time, many peddlers wanted to buy the businesses of the Lin Family. They were all looking for the Lin Family, but they could not find them." The peddler shook his head.

The young man smiled and thanked the peddler. Then, he turned and left, looking a little lonely.

The young man was Zi Chen. He was worried about Lin Xue's safety, so he went to Cangli City as soon as he came out of the Thunder Region.

But who knew that there was no one in the Lin Family.

"A year ago, wasn't that when I had just come out from the ruins? At that time, everyone was paying attention to me. No one should have paid attention to the Lin Family. The Lin Family's leader chose to flee at that time. It was a wise decision. But where are they now?"

"And Xue Er, she got the inheritance. No one should suspect her. Will she be in danger?"

At night, Zi Chen snuck into the Lin family. He was very careful, but he did not find any clues. It was as if the Lin family had disappeared into thin air.

"It's good that he disappeared. Only then can we be truly safe."

Zi Chen finally left.

However, he did not leave Cangli City. Instead, he quietly waited for the start of the Imperial Decapitation Assembly.

Since those major powers didn't want to let him go, how could he not swallow this anger?

"The Decapitation Assembly organized by a group of geniuses. Very good."

There was a cold light in Zi Chen's eyes.

His strength had increased, his Perfect Body had transformed, and he had cultivated the Yin-Yang Art. Zi Chen was eager to find someone to test his strength.

The Chen Severing Assembly was not held in Cangli City. Instead, it was held several hundred miles away from Cangli City, in a gigantic canyon.

This was the famous Zhan Ying Valley of the Cangli City. In the ten thousand years of foundation of the Cangli City, at least three major events were related to the Zhan Ying Valley.

Two thousand years after the establishment of the Cangli City, a young hero appeared. He was powerful and his combat strength was comparable to a monster. Back then, the Cangli and Cangli families were impetuous. It was inevitable that their disciples would be frivolous and impetuous, resulting in them doing some outrageous things.

For some unknown reason, these young disciples offended this hero. In the end, they were all slaughtered. The Cangli and Cangli families were shocked and sent out experts.

However, this monster was powerful. The more he fought, the braver he became. That time, the Cangli and Cangli families suffered the greatest loss since the establishment of the Cangli City. Many experts perished and many geniuses perished.

Although the hero's combat strength was unparalleled, he could not withstand the many experts. In the end, he was slain in a huge canyon.

And this canyon was called Demon Slaying Valley back then. Later on, it felt inappropriate, so it was named Zhan Ying Valley. It meant that it was a place where heroes were slain.

The last two times, one was a thousand years apart and the other was two thousand years apart. The process and outcome were similar. Three powerful monsters were slain here.

For the Chen Severing Assembly to be held here, it was clear that Zi Chen was a hero. Although it was more likely to lure Zi Chen here, according to Zi Chen's battle record, he could also be called a hero.

It was just that the hero's strength was much weaker than his predecessors'.

"Roar!"

When the Chen Severing Assembly was held, geniuses appeared one after another. Many of them rode on strange beasts and roared loudly.

This was a gathering of geniuses. Moreover, for the sake of the success of this assembly, the several great factions had spent a great deal of money.

In the canyon, there were many tables with many fruits, wine, and delicacies. There was no lack of rare spirit fruits, and all of them were used to entertain the geniuses.

In the canyon, there was even a ten meter high platform that was several hundred meters high. It was for the cultivators to spar.

"Ang!"

A roc screeched, its voice sharp and ear-piercing. The Martial Ancestor's geniuses arrived one after another. Leading them was a blue-clothed youth named Wu Zhe. He was at the fourth layer of True Essence, and behind him were several third layers.

The earth trembled, strange beasts roared, their voices rumbling like thunder. The geniuses of the Cang and Li families also arrived one after another.

The geniuses of the three great factions arrived one after another.

At the same time, horses neighed and hooves sounded. A few people appeared at the end of the canyon, greeting these geniuses from afar.

These were the geniuses of some small factions. There were also some loose cultivators, and their strength was at the True Essence Realm.

Among them was the young master of Little Orchid Town's Zhao Family. The latter had actually broken through to the True Essence Realm, but his strength was only at the first layer of True Essence. It was somewhat awkward here.

Those who dared to participate in the Chen Severing Assembly naturally had strength. Most of them were at the third layer of True Essence. As for those at the first or second layer, they were purely here to join in the fun. Of course, there were also some geniuses who came with ulterior motives.

"Zi Chen's battle prowess is comparable to a freak, but his strength is low. He can escape time and time again because his luck is too good."

There were also some cultivators who previously supported Zi Chen and disliked these great factions. However, when they arrived here, their words changed, and they changed from fans to haters.

"That's not necessarily true. Zi Chen has killed many geniuses since his appearance. He is strong and fully deserving of the title of freak. His strength might not be strong, but his battle prowess is unparalleled."

Some people stood from a neutral point of view, and did not want to offend anyone.

They talked loudly, and at the same time, enjoyed the fine wine and delicacies. Of course, there was no lack of people who came specifically to eat and drink.

At the next table, a young man ignored the strange gazes around him and buried his head in eating. He ate ferociously, as if he was a reincarnated hungry ghost.

"This is delicious. It's actually a spirit fruit."

"En, very good. The taste of this dish is very good."

"This is very ordinary."

The young man was like a hungry ghost. He had not eaten for hundreds of years. At this moment, he was eating to his heart's content. He spoke as he ate, his saliva splattering everywhere. The dishes on the table were almost inedible.

"Where did this hungry ghost come from? How can you be so unruly?"

"That's right. Don't you know that there are many people here?"

Someone at the side said unhappily.

The young man raised his head and grinned, revealing the half-chewed food. He smiled and said, "You guys eat too. Eat."

He started to speak before swallowing the food, and immediately spat it all over the table.

"You!"

Someone was furious and stood up.

"What?" The young man looked at him.

"Hmph, you really have no manners."

After that, everyone at the table left. Only the young man continued to eat and drink, which attracted dissatisfied gazes.

"I wonder where this country bumpkin came from. How can he be so unruly?"

"That's right. How can such a person participate in the Decapitation Conference?"

The young man ate and smacked his lips, which attracted even more dissatisfaction. Among them, many disciples of the major forces also cast dissatisfied gazes.

"What is a mere Zi Chen? As long as he dares to appear, I can kill him alone."

"You need one person, but I only need one hand."

"Tsk, I only need one finger."

Chen fans became Chen haters. Adding on the fact that they had drunk too much wine, they became even worse at this moment, and all of them began to boast.

It was as if he had transformed into an Ancestral Master level powerhouse.

"Everyone, we only have one goal in organizing the Decapitation Conference, and that is to kill Zi Chen." On the high platform, a major force spoke.

"Kill Zi Chen."

"Kill Zi Chen."

Cheers came from below, each louder than the last.

"If you want to kill Zi Chen, you must find Zi Chen. Here, I hope that everyone will do their part to help find Zi Chen. Whoever can provide accurate clues will be rewarded with a thousand source stones."

On the high platform, a genius spoke again.

A thousand source stones reward was definitely a huge sum of money for these True Energy Realm existences. All of them were breathing rapidly, and greed shone in their eyes.

"Kill Zi Chen? It's easy for you to say. That Zi Chen has monstrous battle strength. Even those monstrous geniuses can't kill him. Do you think you can?"

Suddenly, a discordant voice came from the crowd. Everyone turned their heads, and when they saw that it was that hungry ghost, they all looked at him with disdain.

"Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"

"Don't you see that the few geniuses are speaking?"

Immediately, someone criticized the young man.

"I'm speaking the truth. Zi Chen's battle strength is unparalleled, comparable to a monstrous genius. You're offering a reward of a thousand source stones. It seems very high, but who can guarantee that you won't be killed by Zi Chen when you see him?"

The young man said coldly, "On the surface, you're offering a reward, but your intention is to kill us. Are our lives only worth a thousand source stones?"

The young man said loudly.

But not everyone agreed. Some cultivators said disdainfully, "Don't flatter yourself. Someone like you isn't even worth a thousand source stones."

The young man's words caused a wave of criticism, but it also made the genius on the high platform speechless. He had prepared a lot of bold words.

"I'm speaking the truth. Recently, the three major forces have been suffering losses. Even the monstrous geniuses were sent out, but they still couldn't kill Zi Chen. Now, these geniuses aren't even comparable to a monstrous genius. What right do they have to brag here?" The young man laughed disdainfully.

Everyone around stepped back.

There were already people who could see that this was a person who came purely to cause trouble.

"Good, good, good. Today's Decapitation Assembly has a segment of mutual learning. Since there are people who can't wait and want to experience our methods, then feel free to come up."

On the high platform, the geniuses of the major forces said their last words.

"Haha, that's exactly what I'm thinking. Let me see how powerful the techniques of your major forces are, to be able to let Zi Chen escape again and again." The young man laughed loudly, and in a flash, he went up to the high platform.

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PS: It's really painful to live without a manuscript.

It's finally done.